The Seahawks are down to one unsigned draft pick. Second-round wide receiver D.K. Metcalf is the latest member of their 2019 draft class to agree to a deal. The team announced that Metcalf signed his four-year rookie contract on Wednesday. Metcalf made waves in the pre-draft process due to his build and his strong performance [more]

Organized team activities are underway for the Seahawks and that means quarterback Russell Wilson is starting to get accustomed to life without wide receiver Doug Baldwin. It won’t be an overnight adjustment. Baldwin caught 442 passes and 45 touchdowns in the regular season after Wilson’s arrival in 2012 and added 58 more catches and six [more]

The Seahawks may not know exactly when Ziggy Ansah is going to be able to take the field for them this season, but they’re thrilled to have him nonetheless. Seattle signed Ansah just over a week ago once the threshold for free agent signings counting against the compensatory draft pick formula had passed. With the [more]

Defensive end Ziggy Ansah said recently that there was no timeline for him to be cleared to resume playing after shoulder surgery and there have been reports that he may not be ready to start the season on the Seahawks roster. Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll didn’t rule out that possibility when he spoke to [more]

Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner has said that he’s preparing for this season as if it will be his last one in Seattle and that preparation doesn’t currently include practicing at organized team activities. Wagner is in the final year of his contract and said Tuesday, via multiple reporters, he won’t participate in the sessions without [more]

The Seahawks found the needed replacement at defensive end in the draft, and now that guy has his contract. According to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, the Seahawks have signed first-round pick L.J. Collier to his four-year rookie deal. It’s worth $10.836 million contract, including a $5.9 million signing bonus. Collier, the 29th overall pick, [more]

A Northern California man has been charged with violating airspace restrictions by flying a drone over a pair of NFL games in 2017. According to Alex Johnson and Andrew Blankstein of NBC News, Tracy Michael Mapes of North Highlands, Calif. was officially charged on Tuesday after he flew a drone over Bay Area games in [more]

Defensive end Ziggy Ansah is now a member of the Seahawks, but when he’ll be cleared to fully participate in team activities remains up in the air. Ansah had surgery on his shoulder that made it slow for a market to develop in free agency this offseason. There have been various reports about when he’ll [more]

The Seahawks left themselves with two quarterbacks and an empty roster spot after making some transactions earlier this week and that suggested a report they’d sign Geno Smith was on the mark. Smith officially became a member of the team on Wednesday when the Seahawks announced that he has agreed to a contract. Smith was [more]

The NBA draft lottery happens tonight, and there could be a brand-new conspiracy theory regarding the team that randomly (or otherwise) secures dibs on Zion Williamson. That sparked memories of the NBA draft lottery that allowed the Knicks to secure dibs on Patrick Ewing in the first-ever draft lottery, 34 years ago. And that sparked [more]

The Seahawks came to terms with four more of their 11 draft picks, signing fourth-rounder Gary Jennings, sixth-rounders Travis Homer and Demarcus Christmas and seventh-rounder John Ursua. That leaves only first-rounder L.J. Collier, second-rounder D.K. Metcalf and third-rounder Cody Barton unsigned. Jennings, a receiver from West Virginia, and Ursua, a receiver from the University of [more]

Defensive end Dion Jordan has not landed with a team for the 2019 season and his chances of changing that will likely be complicated by a violation of the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy. Jordan has been suspended 10 games by the league for what he says was a positive test for Adderall. Jordan previously had [more]

The Patriots have consistently spent wisely in free agency and reaped the rewards of compensatory picks, and that should happen in the 2020 NFL draft as well. With the deadline for free agent signings to affect the compensatory pick formula next year now passed, New England leads the way in compensatory picks in the 2020 [more]

After a year without a team to punt for, former Seattle Seahawks punter Jon Ryan is returning to his hometown of Regina, Saskatchewan to punt for the Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. Ryan announced the move on his Twitter account with a link to Diddy’s song “I’m Coming Home.” The tweet included the Canadian [more]

The Seahawks are expected to sign Geno Smith at some point this week and they are down to two quarterbacks on the 90-man roster until that happens. The team announced that they have waived quarterback Taryn Christion and tight end Mik’Quan Deane on Monday. They also formally announced the signing of defensive tackle Al Woods. [more]

The Seahawks are reportedly adding a potential backup for quarterback Russell Wilson to the roster. Jordan Raanan of ESPN.com reports that Seattle is set to sign Geno Smith. Paxton Lynch and undrafted rookie Taryn Christion are currently the non-Wilson quarterbacks on the depth chart. The Seahawks would make four teams in four years for Smith. [more]

Days after the Seahawks released him amid talk that he wouldn’t be able to play again, Doug Baldwin appears to be calling it a career. In a series of social media posts, Baldwin said his goodbyes and seemed to be announcing his retirement, although he didn’t actually use the word “retire.” Baldwin wrote about the [more]

The Seahawks signed veteran defensive tackle Al Woods on Friday, Woods’ agency, Sports Trust Advisors, announced on Twitter. Woods visited Seattle last month, along with Corey Liuget, as Seahawks coach Pete Carroll sought a run-stuffing defensive tackle. Woods, 32, played two games for the Seahawks in 2011. He appeared in 14 games with the Colts [more]

The Seahawks officially made defensive end Ziggy Ansah part of their roster on Friday and the veteran pass rusher’s arrival means it is time to say farewell to another defensive end. Nate Orchard was released in a corresponding move. Orchard signed with the team in early April and appeared in four games with the Chiefs [more]

Rams coach Sean McVay recently admitted to working hard but not working smart when preparing to face Patriots coach Bill Belichick. Facing the best coach in the history of football (and perhaps organized sports) can do that to an opponent. Belichick is simply hard to beat, for a variety of reasons. He’s brilliant. He’s focused. [more]

It’s been known for a while that wide receiver Doug Baldwin‘s future was in doubt after a series of injuries that resulted in three offseason surgeries and it seems the Seahawks don’t believe he’ll be able to play again. The Seahawks released Baldwin with a failed physical designation on Thursday. There was word recently that [more]

Free agent signings stopped being used as part of the formula to calculate 2020 compensatory draft picks on Tuesday night and the Seahawks have been busy fleshing out their roster with veterans since that point. On the heels of word that defensive end Ziggy Ansah and cornerback Jamar Taylor were heading to Seattle comes an [more]

Ziggy Ansah isn’t the only veteran free agent headed to Seattle. NFL Media reports that the Seahawks are set to sign cornerback Jamar Taylor as a free agent. Taylor visited with the team last month. Taylor was a second-round pick by the Dolphins in 2013 and has spent the last few years moving between teams. [more]

When the Seahawks traded Frank Clark to the Chiefs, they lost their top pass rusher. But they’ve now gained so much that it’s hard not to see the trade as a big win for Seattle. The Seahawks just signed free agent defensive end Ziggy Ansah to a one-year deal worth a reported $5.5 million guaranteed. [more]

The Seahawks took a potentially significant step toward replacing Frank Clark with last night’s addition of Ezekiel Ansah. Of course, they may still need some help there early in the season. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Ansah’s recovery from shoulder surgery is expected to keep him out of training camp and perhaps longer, with [more]

The Seattle Seahawks are expected to sign former Detroit Lions defensive end Ziggy Ansah to a one-year deal, a source confirmed to PFT. The agreement was first reported by Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. Ansah is expected to sign the deal with the team on Thursday after flying to Seattle. Seahawks head coach Pete [more]

If the Seahawks are the favorites to land defensive end Ziggy Ansah, that is news to Bills General Manager Brandon Beane. Beane said on 1270 The Fan that the Bills remain interested and in the running for one of the handful of remaining free agents on PFT’s top-100. “I don’t know where it came from,” [more]

The Seahawks may soon have the veteran pass rusher they’d like to add. Seattle is the favorite to land Ziggy Ansah, the former Lions defensive end, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Ansah is widely regarded as the best available pass rusher in free agency, and he’d be a good fit in Seattle, which [more]

The Seahawks wheeled and dealed their way to 11 draft picks last month and they got four of them under contract on Monday. The group of signees includes second-round pick Marquise Blair. Blair played at Utah the last two seasons after going to Dodge City Community College and recorded 59 tackles, two tackles for loss, [more]

For players who enter the NFL, one of the biggest adjustments comes from becoming teammates with established NFL players. Seahawks receiver DK Metcalf found that out after arriving in Seattle via round two. Metcalf got a FaceTime call from his new quarterback, Russell Wilson. “I was amazed, kind of shocked,” Metcalf told reporters on Saturday. [more]